Rail-joint



No. 752,511. v PATENTED ER. '16, 1904.

' E. D. BOASSO.

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NATION FILED NOV. 30. 1903 Inventor citizen of the United States,residing at Charand are provided with bolt-holes 6, throughSPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,511, dated February16, 1904. 'a piaiaoii siea iv eat iso, 199a. salient. rsazez. (m ndala iTo all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE D. BOASSO, a

enton, in the parish ofSt. Mary and State of Louisiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates torailroad and rail joints. I

The object of the invention is to provide a joint of this character bymeans of whichham mering incident to the passing of trains over theadjacent ends of rails will be avoided and life of the rail and wheelprolonged and the comfort of the passengers increased.

A further object of the invention isto provide a joint of this characterwhich shall be" simple of construction, comparatively inexpensive ofproduction, and-which will be prevented from creeping.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the adjacent endsof two railway-rails, showing them connected by my improved joint; andFig. 2 is a cross-sectional view. 7

In the drawings, 1 denotes the adjacent ends of two railroad-railsseated upon a base-plate 2, having flanges 3, which project upward andsnugly lit the edges of the base of the rail and. project slightly abovethe same, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

4 and 5 denote the splice-bars, angular in cross-section to fit theupper sides of the base of the rail and the sides of the web of therail,

which and similar bolt-holes in the rail extend bolts 7 in the usualmanner. The base por tions of these splice-bars abut against theupwardly-projecting flanges of the base-plate and form a snug fittherewith. One of these splice-bars5, for instanceis provided with IPatented February 16, 1904.

a head 8," adapted to lie against the side of the tread of the rails attheir adjacent ends and project to a point not below thewearing-surfaces of the tread of the rails, so that the wheels of thetrain in passing over the adjacent ends of the rails will be supportedat those points in the length of the track where the adjacent ends ofthe rails separate, owing to the contraction or otherwise. It will thusbe seen that the jar incident to the wheels passing over these jointswill be entirely overcome and the life of the rails and wheels beprolonged.

The head is constructed in a novel manner, aswill be seen by referringto the drawings, in which the head is. shown as being cast integrallywith the vertical as well as with the laterally-extending portions ofthe splice-bar and as formed with a strong brace-rib 9. The lower andoutwardly-projecting end of the head is adapted to seat in a recess 10,formed in one of the flanges of the base-plate, and is formed with aspike-notch 11, with which is adapted to be engaged one of the spikesused in fastening the joint to the ties. When thus fastened, thebase-plate will be prevented from slipping or creeping with respect tothe splicebars, or vice versa.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages ofthe invention will be readily understood without requiring amoreextended explanation. 7

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principleorsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination with the adjacent ends of railroad-rails, of a platesupporting them and having flanges that project above their bases, oneof said flanges having a notch in its upper side, and splice-barsbearing against the webs and on the bases. of the rails and within theflanges of the said plate, one of said splice-bars having anupwardly-projecting wheel-supporting head, spanning the space betweenthe rails, and an outwardly-projecting extension engaging the notch inthe flange of the plate. i

2. The combination with the adjacent ends of railroad-rails, of aplatesupporting the ends of said rails and: provided with upwardly;

extending flanges which engage the edges of the base of the rails andproject a distance above the same, one of said flanges having a notch orrecess formed in its upper edge, splice-bars fitted to the webs andbases of said rails and confined between the flanges of said nesses.

EUGENE D. BOASSO.

Witnesses:

ALOIDE VEEDER, GEO. T. VEEDER.

